Constitutional scholar and author Rob Natelson sits down with guest host Mike Krause to discuss the national popular vote scheme being cooked up in Colorado.
Rob Natelson Talks National Popular Vote Read More »
Give our votes to New York and California? No way!
Give our votes to California via National Popular Vote?NO WAY! Read More »
Although Justice Thomas agreed that the protection against excessive fines applies to the states, he was the only member of the court to do so on plausible originalist grounds.
Justice Thomas again shows he’s the Supreme Court’s only consistent originalist Read More »
Warren’s case is unusual because her employers waived not only practice experience but also prevailing academic standards.
How academia connived with Elizabeth Warren’s “Cherokee” fabrication Read More »
A better constitutional amendment would be one permitting each justice a single long term—for example, 16 years—without possibility of re-appointment.
Justice Ginsburg’s possible incapacity and the case for term limits Read More »
Some of the authors are academics . . . . But they all have two attributes in common: None has ever published independent research on Article V, and none displays any knowledge of recent scholarship on the subject.
Point by point response to one of those anti-convention op-eds Read More »
NPV . . . with or without congressional approval . . . violates a central principle of constitutional law.
Why the “National Popular Vote” scheme is unconstitutional Read More »
Today the only consistent originalist on the Supreme Court is Justice Clarence Thomas.
What Is Originalism? Read More »
The only way the states could consider ratifying a term limits amendment would be for a convention of the states to propose it.
Assessing the Ted Cruz term limits proposal Read More »
It is not true, as some claim, that the Founders acted only out of distrust of democracy. Rather, the system was a brilliant response to a complicated set of issues.
The Electoral College is still right for America Read More »
Opponents of a convention for proposing amendments frequently cite a passage in a 1788 letter written by James Madison to
What Madison REALLY said about holding a second convention Read More »
The ruling that the mandate was unconstitutional was certainly correct. Whether than means the rest of the law fails is less certain.
Rob Natelson and Jon Caldara explore the latest court ruling on Obamacare Read More »
